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VOL . 35, No.
2 JULY SEPTEMBER 2009

President N C Jha Hony. Secretary Dr. Debasish Sarkar Hony. Treasurer B Chakraborti Hony. Editor B C Bhattacharya Editorial Committee Asitabha Datta Gautam Dhar A K Gupta Dr. A L Kundu Rajiw Lochan Prof. (Dr.) S K Mukhopadhyay Prasanta Roy
A QUARTERLY PUBLICATION OF THE MINING, GEOLOGICAL AND METALLURGICAL INSTITUTE OF INDIA
The President, Council Members and the Members of the Editorial Committee, MGMI wish Happy Vijaya Greetings to all members and their family.
Shri S. J. Sibal, DGMS, delivering the 52nd Holland Memorial Lecture
Council Members of MGMI
Dr. A. K. Sarkar, Director (Marketing), CIL, Chief Guest delivering his inaugural speech in National workshop IMPC-2009
Shri N. C. Jha, President, MGMI delivering his Presidential Speech in 103rd AGM
A request for your visit to IME Exhibition, January 22 25, 2010
IME Exhibition held during 2nd Asian Mining Congress, 2008 You are aware, the 3rd Asian Mining Congress and Exhibition will be held during January 22-25, 2010 in Kolkata. The current Global recession has affected the industrialised countries more severely than the developing countries of Asia. The Mining Industry needs to pursue energy efficiency and cost cutting in mining operations. High performance mining for increased efficiency, productivity and production both in quantity and quality are the need of the day. The most important factors affecting productivity are Infrastructure, Communication and Automation. The manufactures of mining machinery may utilize the slump period in forging new alliances amongst themselves and invest in R&D activities to improve the equipment efficiency. IME 2010 - Perfect Platform - Perfect Time for manufacturers of mining machinery to exhibit their equipment and display their activities in the Exhibition which will be held in Netaji Indoor Stadium and Khudiram Anusilan Kendra located adjacent to the famour Eden Gardens Cricket Stadium and the Technical Sessions of the Congress will be held in the Hotel Taj Bengal, Kolkata, located in the heart of the city, during January 22-25, 2010. MGMI and TAFCON joined hands to create a comprehensive and all encompassing platform for the Mining and Allied Industries, so that the current issues and priorities of the sector could be addressed in a holistic manner and the business opportunities could be highlighted in a most befitting manner. So, you may block the above dates for active participation both in the Conference and Mining Exhibition as well. You may like to inform your colleagues so that they may also plan for a visit. It will enable them to have a glimpse of the advancement in Mining Machinery at a fraction of cost than visiting foreign Exhibitions. We look forward to your active participation and wholehearted support for making the Exhibition a success. Exhibitor Profile : Mining * Minerals * Mining Machinery * Technologies Contact Persons for Exhibition J P Goenka, Convenor, IME 2010 J P Dasgupta, Co-convenor, IME 2010 Mobile : +91 9830090461 Mobile : +91 9831017039 Email : [email protected] Email : [email protected] Organiser :
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3 Asian Mining Congress 2010

Conference and Exhibition January 22-25, 2010, Kolkata, India On Resurgence of Mining in Asia : Prospects & Challenges The Subjects to be covered are : * Status of Mineral Industry in Asian Countries * Oil & Gas
Sector and Coal Bed Methane: * Planning & Design * Technology Development * Coal Beneficiation & Mineral Processing * Business & Investment opportunities in Mining Industry * Road blocks to Mineral Development * Green Mining, Environmental, Health and Safety issues of Mining Industry
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Call for Papers : Besides Technical Papers from Identified invited authors, Technical papers are invited from interested participants on the Lead Subjects identified above for the Congress. Congress & Exhibition Venues: Technical Sessions of the Congress will be held in the Hotel Taj Bengal, Kolkata, located in the heart of the City. The International Mining Exhibition will be held in Netaji Indoor Stadium located adjacent to the famous Eden Gardens Cricket Stadium.
PRINCIPAL COORDINATORS N C Jha, Director (Technical), CIL, President, MGMI R K Saha, CMD, CCL, Vice President, MGMI &Chairman, Exhibition Committee Prof. S P Banerjee, Former Director, ISM, Past President, MGMI, Chairman, Organising Committee Contact Person for Conference Dr. Debasish Sarkar, Convenor, 3rd AMC, 2010 Mobile : +91 9831204790 Email : [email protected] Contact Person for Exhibition J P Goenka, Convenor, IME 2010 Mobile : +91 9830090461 Email : [email protected]
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CONTENTS
President's Message .. Editor's Page .. Talk Back . Highlights of the National Workshop on 'Indian Mining Sectors : Policies and Constraints' Highlights of 52nd Holland Memorial Lecture by Shri S J Sibal, DGMS, Dhanbad .. Highlights of the 103rd Annual General Meeting .. Headquarter activity .. Branch Activity : Kolkata Branch 75 Years Ago. News About Members. New Members News Update .. Short Article : Peace be With You by Vivian Wilson Lobo (Reprint). Up Coming Events .. Obituary : C P Ambesh and Kamala Kant Srivastava MGMI Council Members 3 4 6 8 10 11 15 21 22 23 24 28 32 33 35 36
Corrigendum:
The News Letter Vol. 35, No. 1 (April June 2009), page 8, column 2, line 4, the name of the author of the paper Design a combined stoping method below an Open Pit Mine using Numerical Modelling a case study should be read as Prof. (Dr.) B. S. Sastry. The misprint is regretted.
Cover Page Photograph:

Picture of a Pontoon Pump used in opencast mine sumps. Beauty of the arrangement is that the pumps installed in this system never gets drowned even if the mine is flooded.
President's Message
National Mineral Polices The Role of a Professional Society
At the very outset I take this opportunity to convey my Heartiest Bijaya Greetings to you and your family members. May this Festival of Light shower upon you lots of Happiness and Glory. It is really a privilege to address the distinguished members of the MGMI through this column and I wish to take the opportunity of focusing on some of the key functions that a professional society such as ours could fruitfully discharge in assuring national interest vis--vis minerals availability at acceptable prices and a comprehenship National Mineral Policies. While formulating mineral policies we should not forget to consider its constraints too. In our efforts to react the goals of balanced economic growth, minerals availability, productivity and performance of the mineral sector and environmental issues including National Mineral Policies. The enlightened professionals who are members of MGMI are the right people who can help in shaping and guiding the national policies on minerals related problems. It is agreed that there is a need to consider the mineral problems in conjunction with national energy and environmental goals, crippling this vital economic activity with its multiplier effects on the local, regional
and national economic scene. If these concerns are not articulated and placed before the policy makers through a forum such as ours, I am afraid that our mineral future may be in jeopardy. The Council of MGMI, decided to organize a National Workshop on 'Indian Mining Sectors: Policies and Constraints' wherein some eminent personalities who matters in this issue have presented their papers. I firmly hope that on hearing from them and interaction with delegates it will possibly result some positive outcome for the progress of mining sector. May I, therefore, urge our members to help our professional body to identify some of these areas of concern in which we can give our professionals an unbiased view. I am sure, the MGMI and its distinguished members, provide with a mechanism for looking at the mineral problems as a whole, keep track of changing situations and the interrelation of national policies and programmes, for the greater good of the Nation.
N. C. Jha
Newsletter, Vol. 35. No. 2, July - September 2009
Talk Back
Omission regretted Date : 19/08/09 To The Editor MGMI
Ref : MGMI News Letter, Vol.-35, No. 1, 2009
Sir, I observed with great shock and dismay that the cover page photograh description did not mention/ acknowledge the name of the person who made this photograph available. I am indeed sorry to state that such omissions will discourage donors of photograph for cover page. Yours faithfully, Dr. A K Moitra Person who made the photograph of the above cover page (From the Editor : The front page picture of the Newsletter April-June 2009 - the picture of a fossil of a Dinosaur and the description of it, was arranged by Dr. A.K. Moitra. The omission of acknowledging the same is regretted. Thanks to Dr. Moitra. All readers are requested to send such interesting photographs fort he front page of the future Newsletters). Mis print regretted Date : 09/09/09 To, Mr. B.C. Bhattacharya, Hony. Editor, MGMI Dear Mr. Bhattacharya, It is a matter of great feel of pride to see the graceful look of the MGMI Newsletter (ISSN 0254-8003) with its rich contents over the issues, for the last few years. I must
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congratulate you and your team members for your peerless effort to keep its standard high and also for the very topical editorial published in vol. 35, No. 1, (Apr. -.Jun. 2009). I thank Mr. Debajyoti Bhattacherjee for the short article on 'Petropod' which is very informative. It is also amazing to see the cover page picture of the complete skeleton of 'Kotasaurus Yamanpalliensis Dinosaur', collected and reconstructed by the GSI housed at BSC, Hyderabad. I congratulate Dr. A. K. Moitra, and his team member of the GSI, for the Herculean task they have performed and also, I thank you for printing the same on the front cover. I with this channel of communication request Mr. Sailendra K Mukherjee, one of the doyens of mine safety, to contribute small articles on some typical 'mine disasters' from his vast experience which might have gone in oblivion. However, in the said issue there exists some misprint. Whereas the cover page shows Vol. 35, No.1 APRIL JUNE 2009, the bottom centre of all the inside pages show Vol. 34, No.4, April 2009 June 2009. Also, in the same issue in page 8, column 2nd line 4, the name should be Prof. (Dr.) B. S. Sastry and not Prof. (Dr.) D. S. Sastry. You are requested to issue corrigendum in the next issue of the Newsletter on above two items. With warm regards, Yours sincerely, (Prof. (Dr.) Subir Kumar Mukhopadhyay) Council Member MGMI (LM 2954) E-mail: [email protected] (From the Editor: Thanks for the observation. The misprints are regretted.)
Indian Mining Sectors : Policies & Constraints Date : 09/09/09 Dear Shri Bhattacharya : Under letters to the Editor I reaffirm my sincere thanks to the Council of our Institute for inviting me to participate in the workshop held on 15th September, 2009, where during the 'discussions' I submitted the following and other views which could not been expressed for shortage of time;1. All natural resources like crude oil & gas, coal & lignite, metallic and non-metallic minerals occurring within our country are our national resources owned by Government by India, representing all citizens. India is one Nation and not divided into multiple of nations. MGMI should move the Government of India to finalize one appropriate National Policy for all natural resources excepting forest and agricultural products. We, as earth scientists and engineers are very much concerned with all minerals and cannot afford to have different policies for crude oil or coal or other minerals. 2. It is meaning less to have any bargaining relationship between the Environment & Forest Ministry in one hand and Departments of Geology, Mines, Steel, Coal and Oil in other hand to decide on the number of exploratory holes per sq, km to be drilled for scientific investigation, which decides number of exploratory holes need to be drilled. MGMI should move the Government of India to exempt imposition of Forest and Environment Act upon all geological and exploration activities prior to mining activities. 3. The Chief Guest Dr. A K Sarkar emphasized on various factors for fixing prices of minerals, especially coal. Since , we have birth right to consume natural resources like minerals from our mother land the
same should be made available for domestic uses at affordable price keeping in view the cost of production along with reasonable return on investment towards exploration and mining made by agencies authorized by the state for prospecting and mining, but excluding taxation by any name, eg., import duty , custom duty, excise, royalty, cess, sales tax, etc., as we have birth right to consume minerals for our own use. Our government should not over look the vision of Mahatma Gandhi who revolted against British Government for imposing tax upon production and consumption of salt from saline water of Indian coast line as we have birth right to consume natural resources obtained from within the limits of our country. Some years ago in my personal capacity I requested Sri P Chidambaram, the then Finance Minister of Government of India to abolish all kinds of taxation on natural fuel and petroleum products, so that we can buy petrol at Rs. 22/- per litre as against Rs. 45/- per litre. Energy either from coal or oil & gas or nuclear minerals are not only the most vital input of industries and transport but also for better standard of living of all human beings. Although abolition of taxation upon consumption of minerals will help in higher growth in all respects but loss in revenue of the government but ways can be found out to recover such loss by other means and not at the cost of freedom to consume own minerals and its products . MGMI should move the Government of India to abolish all kinds of taxation against production and consumption of natural resources, especially energy bearing minerals like oil & gas, coal, atomic minerals, etc., so that just pricing of minerals and mineral products can be made. 4. Recognizing the fact that within less than one and half years final clearance for any Project is obtained in Australia whereas
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Obituary
Shri C.P.Ambesh (7889-LM 1998-99) former Controller General, Indian Bureau of Mines passed away on 4th August 2009 at Coimbtore due to kidney failure. Born on 1st July 1948 at Varanasi, Shri Ambesh obtained Bachelor's degree in Mining Engineering from the Banaras Hindu University in 1970. He also did LLB from Nagpur University in 1992. After graduation in Mining Engineering he joined Hindustan Copper Limited and worked in the underground copper mines in Rajasthan in various capacities. In his professional career he obtained First Class Mines Manager's Certificate of competency (Unrestricted). Then after, he joined Indian Bureau of Mines, a premier mining organization under the Ministry of Mines of the Government of India. He rose to the post of Controller General, Indian Bureau of Mines and superannuated on 30th June 2008. He had undergone extensive training in India and abroad in the field of mining, management, labour, mining laws etc. He is trained at ARMNIPROTS-VETMET Institute of Mine Design at Armenia, USSR in the area of 'Mine Planning and Designing'. He had been to
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Australia as a technical member of the Indian Delegation in various missions. He also attended the 20th World Mining Congress held at Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran. He was presented with 'Best Citizen of India' award instituted by International Publishing House, New Delhi, in recognition of his exceptional caliber and outstanding achievements and contribution towards the development of mines and minerals, especially metal mines and mineral legislation. Shri Ambesh was a Fellow Member of the Institution of Engineers (India), Life Member of the Mining Engineers Association of India; Mining, Geological and Metallurgical Institute of India; Indian Science Congress Association and National Institute of Small Mines. Several technical publications are on his credit. He is survived by wife and two married daughters and host of relatives and friends. May his soul rest in peace.
Shri Kamala Kant Srivastava, an active Life Member (5730-1991-92) of MGMI was born in the year 1937. He was a Mining Engineer. He was engaged in WCL, Nagpur and retired in July 1995. At the time of retirement he was holding the post of Chief Mining Engineer, WCL, Nagpur. Shri Srivastava passed away on 19th July 2009. May his soul rest in peace. ?
Don't compare yourself with any one in this world. If you do so, you are insulting yourself. Alen Strike
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MGMI Council for 2009-2010

President N.C. Jha, D(T) CIL Vice-President R.K. Saha, CMD,CCL Immediate Past President R.P. Ritolia, Advisor (Coal) to MD, Tata Steel Ltd. V.K. Singh, Former CMD, NCL Hony. Secretary Dr. D. Sarkar, GM, NEC,CIL Hony. Jt. Secretary Prasanta Roy Dy.SGPT,Geol,CIL Hony. Treasurer Bhaskar Chakraborti Director, GSI Council Members Hony. Editor B.C. Bhattacharya Former CGM (WBPD)
V.K. Arora, VP, KCT Dr. J.P. Barnwal, Head Mineral Engg., RRL M.K. Bhattacharya, Dy.CE(System),CIL L.K. Bose, Former ED, CIL J.P. Dasgupta, Former CGM(MM), CIL Prof.(Dr.) S.K. Mukhopadhyay,Prof.,IIT,Kgp. J.P. Goenka, Mg. Partner, NMC Phalguni Guha, CGM,Coal Videsh, CIL Dr. A.L. Kundu, Former Dy. GM, SAIL Shri R. Lochan, Supdt. Geol, CMPDI (Co.ordn) CIL
K.K. Mishra, Manager(System), CIL A. Datta, Former Director,Coal Wing, GSI Dr. A.K. Moitra,Former Director(SD), GSI Dr. V.P. Sinha, Advisor, Tata Steel Ltd. Prof. S.C. Ray, Former HOD, IIT, Kgp. M.M. Singh, Former D(T)/Oprn., CCL Dr. A. Sinha, Director, CIMFR T.K. Nag, Director(Tech.)/Opns.,CCL Prof. T. Kumar, Director, ISMU G. Dhar, CGM (Corp. Plang.&Tech.)
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Highlights of the 103rd Annual General Meeting

The 103rd Annual General Meeting for the year 2008-2009 of the Mining, Geological and Metallurgical Institute of India was held at Park Hotel, 17, Park Street, Kolkata 700 016 on Tuesday, the 15th September 2009 at 4 p.m. with Shri N.C. Jha, President in the Chair. The meeting was attended by S/Shri R.P. Ritolia, A.K. Singh, Prof. S.P. Banerjee, Prof. A. K. Ghose, Prof. G.S. Roonwal, R.K. Saha, M.M. Singh, J.P. Goenka, S.R. Panja, A.K. Sen, G.S. Ghosh Hazra, A.K. Dasgupta, N.K. Biswas, A. Prasad, M.K. Bhattacherjee, P. Roy, K.K. Mishra, S. Chakravorti, S.C. Dasgupta, A.K. Talapatra, S. Choudhuri, Prof.(Dr.) S.K. Mukhopadhyay, S.N. Ghosh, Prof.(Dr.) D. Deb,Dr.A.K. Moitra, K.M. Agans, A.K. Mukhopadhyay, S. Bandopadhyay, P. Choudhury, S. Bhattacharjee, B.B. Das, D. Chakravorty, P.K. Baranwal, S.K. Das Gupta, Kalyan Sen,A. Mukhopadhyay, S. Sinha, A.K. Nath, B.C. Bhattacharya, L.K. Bose, P. K. Bhattacharjee, K. Banerjee, A.K. Chaturvedi, H.R. Surana, D.K. Ray, B. Prasad, M.M. Bhattacherjee, Shilpi, D.N. Prasad, Smt. S. Prasad, L. Prasad, S.N. Prasad, S.L. Mehera, Dr. D. Sarkar, T. Chaudhury, M. Kumar, N.P. Sahu, S.K. Das, S.K. Basu, J.P.Dasgupta, S. Mookherjee, S. Ghosh, R.N. Datta, S.K. Chakraborti, R. K. Datta, B.K. Chakrabarti, A.K. Ray, A.K. Mukhopadhyay, M.K. Mukhopadhyay, A.K. Das, J.K. Ghosh, B.N. Mishra, T. Datta, J. Chandra, R.K. Choudhary, M. Khasale, K.N. Jha, S.K. Mishra, G. Sharma, C. Singh, R.R. Mittal, B. Pathak, A. Hussan, S. Chatterjee, P.K. Jha, T.R. Kannan, H.C. Dahiya, D. Nagaralarcasan, S. Prasad, D. Sarkar, S.K. Dutta, S. Ray, G.P. Ghatak, G. Dhar, N. Kumar, P.K. Roy Chowdhury, Prof. S.C. Ray & others. At the outset the members mourned the sad demise of the following members by observing one-minute silence:
Late Dr. K.P. Gupta, Sibdas Ghosh, K.C. Jain, S.C. Roy Chowdhury, P.R. Sinha, M. Singh, P.P. Jain, S. Roy, A.K. Mondal, N. Mondal and Prof. B.K. Kejriwal. Shri N.C. Jha, President, MGMI Chaired the Session. 1.0 The notice convening the 103rd Annual General Meeting of the Institute held at Park Hotel, 17, Park Street, Kolkata 700 016 on Tuesday, the 15th September 2009 at 4 p.m. issued on August 12, 2009 were taken as read. The Minutes of the 102nd Annual General Meeting of the Institute held at ITC Hotel Sonar, Kolkata, 1, JBS Haldane Avenue, Kolkata 700 046 on Saturday, the 27th September 2008 at 4 p.m. were read and unanimously confirmed. The Council's Report, Audited Balance Sheet and Statement of Income and Expenditure Accounts for the year 20082009(ended on 31st March 2009) were adopted and confirmed unanimously. Messrs B.K. Sen & Co., Chartered Accountants of 11, Old Post Office Street, Kolkata 700 001 was reappointed as the Auditor of the Institute for the year 2009-2010 at a remuneration of Rs.3500/- only. Recipients of Awards and Medals for the 2008-2009. Dr. J. Coggin Brown Memorial (Gold) Medal for Geological Sciences to Shri Akshaya Kumar Sarangi for his outstanding contribution in Geological Sciences. John Dunn Medal to Dr. Khanindra
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Pathak for his outstanding contribution in Indian Mineral Industry. 5.3. Indranil Award for Metallurgy to Dr. Shambhu Nath Prasad f or his outstanding contribution in Ferrous Metallurgy. R P Bhatnagar Award to Shri Pradip Kumar Baranwal for his outstanding contribution in Mineral Beneficiation (Cash Rs.1000/-) D.N. Thakur Award to Prof. G.S. Roonwal for his outstanding contribution in Earth Sciences. Engineering Gold Medal to Shri B.N. Pan for his outstanding contribution in Mining Sciences. Coal India Project Implementation Trophy to Chotia OCP of Prakash Industries Ltd. Prof. S.K. Bose Memorial Award for excellence in teaching in Mining Engineering to Prof. M.A. Ramlu. H.B. Ghose Award for the Manager having best Safety performance during the preceding year to Shri Chittaranjan Kumar of Sawang Underground Mine of CCL and Shri P.P. Gupta of Manikpur Opencast Project of SECL.
Combined Stoping Method below an Open Pit Mine using Numerical Modeling A case study. 5.13. MGMI Branch Membership Growth Award to MGMI Kolkata Branch and Ranchi Branch for 2008-2009. 5.14. MGMI Branch Activity Award to M G M I R a n c h i B r a n c h for 2008-2009. Student Awards for 2007-2008 Award of Pickering Medal for the year 1981 to the Best Student of Mining Engineering of ISMU, Dhanbad to Shri Mukti Pada Dikshit. 5.15. Pickering Medal for the best student of ISM in Mining Engineering to Shri Anirban Majumdar of ISMU. 5.16. Hayden Medal for the best student in Applied Geology to Smt. Sohini Gupta of ISMU. 5.17. Yule Medal for the best student in Mining Machinery to Shri Alok Kumar Singh of ISMU. 5.18. Mc Nally Bharat Medal for the best student in Mineral Engineering to Shri Mahendra Singh Negi of ISMU. 5.19. Dr. Hari Narain Medal for the best student in Applied Geophysics to Smt. Shilpi of ISMU. 5.20. Oil India Medal for the best student in Petroleum Engineering to Shri Adi Anand of ISMU. 5.21. Dr. J. Cogging Brown Memorial Cash Award for the best student in Geology to Shri Ankush Singh of Presidency College, Calcutta.(Rs.500/-) 5.22. S Lal Award for Mining Engineering to Shri Arindam Basu of BESU, Shibpur. 5.23. SCCL(Gold) Medal for the best student
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5.10. Smt. Bala Tandon Award to Prof. (Dr.) Debasis Deb for his outstanding contribution in upgrading the quality of life in Mining (cash Rs.1000/-) 5.11. Lala Ramkishore Singhal Award for outstanding contribution in the field of Conservation of Minerals to Prof.(Dr.) Subir Kumar Mukhopadhyay 5.12. Institute's Silver Medal to Prof.(Dr.) Subir Kumar Mukhopadhyay, Prof. (Dr.) Debasis Deb and Prof.(Dr.) B.S. Sastry for their paper on Design of a
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in Mining Engineering to Md. Naseeruddin of University College of Engineering, Kakatiya University, Kothagudem. 5.24. Nava Bharat Ferro Alloys Medal for the best student in Mining Machinery to Md. Naseeruddin of University College of Engineering, Kakatiya University, Kothagudem. 5.25. Indranil Award for Metallurgy to Shri Aysuman Banerjee of BESU, Shibpur. 5.26. Indranil Award for Metallurgy to Shri Sudhanshu Shekhar Singh of IIT, Kharagpur. 5.27. Chandrakala Medal for Mining Engineering to Shri Tejasvi Singh Kushwaa of IIT, Kharagpur. 5.28. S m t . N i r j a S a h a y M e d a l f o r M.Sc(Applied Geology) to Ms. Khushboo Arora of IIT, Kharagpur. 5.29. Roberton Medal to the best student of Mining Engineering to Km. Rashi Agarwal of BHU. 5.30. La Touch Medal for the best student in Geology to Shri Punit Dubey of BHU. 5.31. Hadfield Medal for the best student in Metallurgical Engineering to Shri Naman Mittal of BHU. 5.32. Kalyan Mukherjee 61 Geology Medal for the best student in M.Sc (Geology) of University of Calcutta to Shri Sujoy Dasgupta. 5.33. Presentation of Scroll of Honour to the following Life Members with 25 years Standing of Membership (1983-84)
Tak , J.P. Gupta, C.T. Dave, D.K. Sarkar, R.N. Mishra, B.P. Pai, S.K. Ghosh, D.P. Dasgupta, M. Jawed, H.N. Khanna, R.Y. Kutumbe, A.K. Tooley, P.M. Mohnot, S.N. Pandy, S.P. Lahiri, B.J. Lakshman, S.K. Dewan,G.K. Pradhan,. Sh. D.B. Sikka, G.C. Mittal, G.S. Ghosh Hazra, A.N. Singh, R.P. Prashhara, U.S. Prasad, B.L. Khandewal, P.N. Singh, Y.P. Bhasin, A.N. Bhattacharjee , J . K . M u k h e r j e e , U . B . Talpallikar, Sourindra Chowdhuri, B.K. Verma, M.G.K. Murthy, Mahendra Pratap Singh, N.C. Kapur, K.B. Bhatt, R. Krishnan, S. Ghosh, Tapan Biswas,Angleo Condrad, N.K. Kavdia,V.P. Kapur,A.V. Ulabhaje, H.P. Sengupta, A.K. Gupta, S.N. Verma, J.M. Roychowdhury, C.K. Jain, H.R. Uppal, B.R.S. Bhatnagar,R. Gupta, B. G. Baliga. 5.34. Presentation of Scroll of Honour to the following Life Members with 50 years standing of Membership (1958-1959) S/Shri S.B. Roy, S.K. Baksi, S.K. Lahiri, P.M. Chauhan, B.N. Mukherjee 6. 7. Shri N.C. Jha , President delivered the Presidential Address in the meeting. It was announced that Shri N.C. Jha, Director(Technical) CIL, has been reelected as President of the Institute for the year 2009-2010. It was also announced that Dr. Debasish Sarkar, GM, NEC has been elected as Hony. Secretary of the Institute for the years 2009-2011. Dr. Sarkar conveyed his heart felt thanks to the members at the same time he expressed his sincere thanks to Prof. S.C. Ray, the outgoing Hony. Secretary and appreciated for his sincere works and contribution to the Institute during his tenure as Hony. Secretary. Dr. S. K. Chakraborti, Convenor for the election of the Council Members
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declared the names who have been elected to the Council for the years 20092012. S/Shri P. Roy, T. Kumar, T.K. Nag, R. Lochan, M.K. Bhattacharya, G. Dhar and K.K. Mishra 10. Any other matter with the permission of the Chair. There was a proposal of issuance of Photo Identity Card to the Life Members of the Institute. Shri R.K. Saha, Vice- President, MGMI & CMD, CCL, agreed to Sponsor the proposal and would reimburse the expenditure in this account by CCL. The President invited members present to put forward suggestions for the development of the Institute. On request from the President some members gave the following suggestions :
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Council Meeting should not be held only in Kolkata, it should be organized in different places. Arrangement to be made to start some courses for continuous flow of funds . Transit House of MGMI should be made functionable. Ground Floor needs to be rented out. Effort should be made to increase of membership. On Line Voting System may be introduced for Election to the Council. MGMI Transactions should be enriched. Vote of thanks was proposed by Shri B.C. Bhattacharjee. Meeting ended with a vote of thanks to the Chair.?
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ATTENTION TO LIFE MEMBERS

It has been decided by the Council that a Photo Identify Card will be issued to all Life Members of MGMI. All Life Members are requested to furnish the proforma given below : -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1. 2. 3. Name ( in Capital )______________________________________________ Membership No :________________________________________________ Present Address :________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ 4. 5. Date of Birth :__________________________________________________ Blood Group : __________________________________________________
Please do send 02 (two) sets of latest Stamp size coloured Photographs mentioning your name on the reverse of the photographs.
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Gung - ho over growth Demand for coal is slated to reach a level of two billion tonne level by 2016-17. To fulfill this target the growth rate has to hike of 17 to 18 percent mark from the present level to 6 to 7 percent. This seems to be a Herculean task if we go by the trend. The following facts will show some light on it. The country's coal production during 2008-09 was around 480 million tonne. Coal India's contribution was around 403 million tonne. The balance came from SCCL and private mines. Increase of import of coal has become a regular feature showing increasing trend of 10 to 15 percent every year to meet the domestic requirement. Based on overall linkages, the Working Group estimates consumption of coal likely to reach the level of 750 million tonne by 2011-12. To meet the demand, Coal India is expected to raise 520 million tonne and the Singerani Colloeries Company to contribute 40 million tonne and the rest would be made up by the private companies. Major reasons for coal shortage as identified by the Chairman Coal India are:
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development of their blocks allotted to them cannot be ignored. In this context attention of the Government is drawn to the following long standing aspects to think seriously:
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block holders are not getting inspiration to mine coal in their blocks only for captive use. Passing the bill enabling the private investors to market coal mined out from their blocks will help mitigating the situation.
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law of land acquisition is being left out for amendment for decades. Govt has to think seriously now under the present juncture.
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acceptable central policy on R & R needs to be formulated for application country wide, instead of leaving it to the State Govts. to deal with.
l The process of disposing of the cases for
environment and forestry clearance needs to be reformed.

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sector is expanding without considering source of coal.
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problem of getting environment and forest clearances.
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laws on different accounts creating bumps on the growth path.
However, to enhance the growth rate, adopting new mining technologies, men-friendly land acquisition policy, faster exploration of the blocks and forcing the block holders for fast
of the 201 coal blocks allotted do not have infrastructural facility like road, rail, electricity and communication. Probably it was thought that the block holders will take initiative for the same whenever they will take up the block development. Unfortunately, this is also one of the reasons of delay in developing the captive blocks. Before allotment, the infrastructural facilities should be created in case 2 billion tonne target is to be achieved by 12th plan. is having around 79 billion
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tonne of mineable proved reserves of coal. It is feared that India is likely to run out of coal by 2040-41 if the demand continues to grow at the current rate. The only way out is to accelerate exploration to bring major portion of the inferred and indicated quantum of the gross coal reserve of 262.21 billion tonne (as on 1 April, 2009) under the arena of proved reserve as early as possible. It is not possible for the existing agencies e.g. GSI, CMPDIL and MECL to do the entire job. The private sector agencies must be
encouraged to join hands with the Govt. agencies for the purpose. This will enhance the confidence level of the block holders to come into action. One can dream to have something, but one has to be gung-ho (aggressive) over it to achieve. The Editorial Committee wishes a hearty Dewali Greetings to all the readers. B.C.Bhattacharya Hony. Editor.
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Branch Activities
Kolkata Branch
The 6th Annual General Meeting of the Kolkata Branch held on 22nd September 2009 elected the Executive Committee of the Branch of MGMI with the following personnel as office bearers to look after functioning of the branch: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Chairman Vice Chairman Hony. Secretary Hony. Jt. Secretary Treasurer Members : : : : : : Dr. Anupendu Gupta Dr. Ajoy Kr. Moitra Shri Surya Kumar Gangopadhyay S . A. Sufian Dr. Shyamal Chakraborti S/Shri R N Datta and R K Datta
The newly elected Executive body of MGMI Kolkata Branch co-opted S/Shri L K Bose and J P Dasgupta as Advisors.?
HEALTH TITBIT Music and Mice (and humans too?!) An experiment was carried out recently using mice and music. One group was given classical music to listen to. They ate well and became sleek and fat. The other control group had hard rock music piped into their cage. The experiment did not last long as they began o fight and eventually most of them were dead. They had killed or severely injured each other! The choice of music could affect humans too !
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Head Quarters Activity

6th Council Meeting The 837 meeting of the Council (6 meeting of the 103rd Session) of the Institute held at MGMI Building, GN-38/4, Sector V, Salt Lake, Kolkata 700 091 on Saturday, the 18th July 2009 at 3.30 p.m. with Shri N C Jha, President in the Chair. The meeting was attended by Prof. Ajoy Kr. Ghose, Prof. S P Banerjee, Shri R P Ritolia, Shri R K Saha, Shri B C Bhattacharya, Shri M K Bhattacharya, Shri L K Bose, Shri Bhaskar Chakraborti, Shri Asitabha Datta, Shri J P Dasgupta, Shri J P Goenka, Shri Phalguni Guha, Shri K K Mishra, Dr. A K Moitra, Prof. S K Mukhopadhyay, Shri Prasanta Roy and Dr. Debsish Sarkar Leave of absence was granted to those who could not attend the meeting. The President then extended welcome to Prof. A K Ghose, Prof. S P Banerjee, Shri R P Ritolia, Past Presidents, Shri R K Saha, Vice President and all other members of the Council. President thereafter took up the agenda item. 1.0 The minutes were circulated to all Council Members. No written comment was received. However, the minutes were confirmed with the following modifications: Item No. 836.2. (v) The Council principally agreed and approved the recommendation of the Finance Committee about the reimbursement of actual local travelling expenses per month to the following Office Bearers for attending MGMI Office in relation to the Official work, if claimed, subject to the maximum of Hony. Secretary Hony. Jt. Secretary Hony. Treasurer Hony. Editor with effect from May 2009.
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Item No. 836.5.0 i) Half Day Workshop It was decided that a half day workshop would be held on Tuesday, the 15th September 2009, the topic being Indian Mining Sectors: Policies and Constraints. Invited lectures will be delivered by 4 distinguished speakers on the subject for discussion. Dr. A K Moitra was unanimously chosen as Convenor of the Seminar, while Shri Prasanta Roy as Coconvenor. Resolution 836.1.0 the minutes of the 836th (5th meeting of the 103rd session) meeting of the Council held on 23rd May, 2009 at Kolkata be confirmed with the said modification. 1.1. The Council then considered the action taken report on the Minutes of the 836 meeting of the Council held on May 23, 2009 at Kolkata and noted the report. Regarding guidelines for monetary transaction / expenditure control for 3rd AMC as approved by the Council, some Office Bearers expressed their discomfort. Arising out of the situation, the Council advised that the Chairman, Organising Committee, Hony. Treasurer, Co-convenor, Organising Committee and the Chairman, Technical Committee may discuss together and modify the guidelines as per convenience for monetary transaction for 3rd AMC, 2010. Item No. 836.7.0 To consider and constitute a Board of Scrutinizers to conduct the Election of Council Members for the year 2009-12. As Shri Prasanta Roy resigned from the Board of Scrutinizers to conduct the election of Council Members for the year 2009-2012, Dr. A K Moitra was
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unanimously nominated in the Board of scrutinizers in place of Shri Prasanta Roy. 2.0 To consider report / recommendations of the Finance Committee The recommendations of the Finance Committee were placed before the Council. The Council discussed on the report and approved the recommendations of the Finance Committee. The recommended pay structure for the staff as well as fixation of pay will take effect from 1st April 2009. However, if there is any further suggestion received from the Council Members on the recommendation, the Finance Committee was requested to consider them and review the matter. The minutes of the Finance Committee dated 27 th June 2009 is given in Appendix I. Arising out of the discussion, the Council authorized Finance Committee to overview and take controll of the financial matter and advice the Hony. Secretary time to time in regard to the financial matter. The Finance Committee was also further requested to prepare a guideline for moneytary transaction / expenditure control for MGMI A/c's and submit the same to the Council for consideration and implementation. The Hony. Secretary was advised to take guidance from Finance Committee regarding financial matter which involved sizeable expenditure and was not of routine nature. The Council was informed that quotations were collected for MGMI News Letter & Transactions and were studied by the Finance Committee. M/s. Lalchand Roy & Co. had quotated
the lowest price, no decisions had been taken in this regard. Order had been placed before it was approved by the Council. Hony. Editor was not aware about the process and placing of the order. However, performance of M/s. Lalchand Roy & Co. will be accessed for next 3 months and a report will be placed before the Council. In order to streamline the system, the Council directed that in future quotations for any work would be obtained in sealed cover and would be open in the presence of the bidders by the Finance Committee members to avoid any irregularity. 3.0 To discuss about the progress of the forthcoming events of the Institute. The date of half day workshop has been changed to 15 t h September 2009 (Tuesday) instead of 12th September 2009. In workshop, four distinguished speakers will be invited for giving lectures on the subject on Indian Mining Sectors : Policies & Constraints (IMPC 2009). Holland Memorial Lecture The Council was informed that as Shri B Muthuraman, MD, Tata Steel regretted that it would not be possible for him to deliver the Holland Memorial Lecture due to pre-occupation, Shri S J Sibal, DGMS, Dhanbad has been approached by the President to deliver 52nd Holland Memorial Lecture on 15th September, 2009 at Park Hotel. Annual General Meeting The venue of the AGM, National Workshop and Holland Memorial Lecture will be at the Park Hotel, Kolkata on 15th September, 2009.
Half Day National Workshop
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To discuss about the progress of the 3rd Asian Mining Congress 2010 The minutes of the 2nd meeting of the Exhibition Organising Committee held on 18th July, 2009 are given in Appendix II which provided the detailed progress report of the Exhibition of 3rd AMC. Prof. S P Banerjee, Chairman, Organising Committee, while briefing the Council about the progress made, referred to the last minutes of the Organising Committee held on 27th June, 2009, which is given in Appendix III. Prof. Banerjee, raised the point that the high cost items for the Congress should be identified and arrangement for procurement of these should be undertaken at the earliest. In this regard, he also suggested that a committee could be constituted. The Council authorized him to go ahead with the proposal and if he felt that a committee was required, he could constitute the same as per his choice.
Rs. 4,09,000 (Rupees four lakhs nine thousand) only may be released. The Council was informed that the contractor claimed that he had done some extra works on verbal order worth, Rs. 65,000 (Rupees sixty five thousand). The Council discussed this and referred the matter to the Finance Committee to examine and recommend action to be taken by the Council on this issue. 7.0 I) Any other business with the permission of the chair. Mode of despatch of Ballot Papers : The Council advised that all the Ballots should be sent by post to the members under certificate of posting. The meeting ended with vote of thanks to the Chair at 18.30 hrs. 7th Council Meeting The 838th meeting of the Council (7th meeting of the 103rd Session) of the Institute held at MGMI Building, GN-38/4, Sector V, Salt Lake, Kolkata 700 091 on Saturday, the 29th August 2009 at 3.00 p.m. with Shri N C Jha, President in the Chair. The meeting was attended by Prof. S P Banerjee, Shri R P Ritolia, Shri R K Saha, Shri V K Arora, Shri M K Bhattacharya, Shri L K Bose, Shri Asitabha Datta, Shri J P Dasgupta, Shri J P Goenka, Shri Phalguni Guha, Shri K K Mishra, Dr. A K Moitra, Prof. S K Mukhopadhyay, Dr. Debsish Sarkar, Shri Prasanta Roy, Shri Bhaskar Chakraborti And Prof. S C Ray Leave of absence was granted to those who could not attend the meeting. The President then extended welcome to Prof. S P Banerjee, Shri R P Ritolia, Past Presidents, Shri R K Saha, Vice President and all other members of the Council. One minute silence was observed in memory of Late Ashoke Kr. Mandal, Life Member, Shri C P Ambesh, Life Member, Kamala Kanta
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To consider applications for Membership and membership position of the Institute. The Council approved 38 applications for membership out of which 23 were for Life Members , 14 Members and one Donor Member.
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To consider fixation of tariff for Transit House and releasing payment of balance due to the Contractor, M/s. Popular Decorator. Regarding fixation of Tariff for Transit House, the Council referred the matter to the Finance Committee to propose the tariff and other conditions and forward it to the Council for consideration. As the Transit House has been made ready by the Contractor, M/s. Popular Decorator balance due to the contractor,
Srivastava, Life Member and Jay Prakash Thakur, Life member. President thereafter took up the agenda item. 1.0 To confirm the minutes of the 837th meeting of the Council held at Kolkata on July 18th, 2009. The minutes were circulated to all Council Members. So far, no Comment was received. The Council then resolved that : Resolution 838.1.0 The minutes of the 837 (6 meeting of the 103rd session) meeting of the Council held on 18th July, 2009 at Kolkata be confirmed. 1.1 To consider matters arising out of the minutes. The Council then considered the action taken report on the Minutes of the 837th meeting of the Council held on 18th July 2009, at Kolkata and noted the report. 838.1.1To discuss about the progress of the forthcoming events of the Institute. I) Half Day National Workshop (IMPC 2009) Dr. A K Moitra, Convenor, IMPC 2009 intimated about the Progress of National Workshop IMPC 2009 and also submitted a statement of Income and Expenditure of IMPC 2009 as on date. ii) Holland Memorial Lecture The Convenor also informed to the Council that Shri S J Sibal, DGMS, Dhanbad confirmed of his acceptance to deliver the prestigious Holland Memorial Lecture on 15th September 2009 at the Park Hotel, Kolkata. 103rd Annual General Meeting The Honorary Secretary informed that the notice for 103rd Annual General Meeting was circulated to the eligible
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members through the Newsletter Vol. 35, No. 1, April June 2009. The Convenor, IMPC 2009, added that arrangements for all the events scheduled to be held on 15th September 2009, at the Park Hotel, Kolkata have been made in consultation with the Hony. Secretary and Hony. Jt. Secretary. 2.0 To review about the progress of the 3rd Asian Mining Congress 2010 Prof. S P Banerjee was requested by the President to enlight the members of the Council about the progress so far made for 3rd AMC. Prof. Banerjee briefed the Council about the progress of the 3rd AMC. He also mentioned that M/s. Sandvic Asia desired to host one of the Dinners of 3 rd AMC. They were requested to host the 1st day Dinner by the President. Possibly, they will agree with the proposal. It was also mentioned that IEI has given announcement in August 2009 issue of their Newsletter about 3rd AMC. Both MMR and Coal Insight were also agreed to give publicity through their publications about 3rd AMC. President also informed that some discussions have been going on with one of the Event Management Agents who were willing to assist us for 3rd AMC. They gave proposal that they will bring delegates as well as new organizations apart from our targeted organizations for participation in the conference / exhibition for which they will charge some percentage on their matured activities. However, details will be made known to the members of the Council after finalization of MOU. Shri L K Bose, Chairman, Technical Committee of 3rd AMC was requested by the President to inform the members about the status of the Technical papers etc. Shri Bose, informed that around 36
authors have already sent abstract of their papers and more than 40 experts were invited for contributing Technical papers. The Hony. Treasurer placed a statement of Income and Expenditure of the 3rd AMC as on date which were noted by the members. It was decided that the loan (Rs. 6,00,000/-) taken from MGMI Fund for 3rd AMC to meet the initial expenses may be refunded to MGMI Fund at an early date. Shri R K Saha, Chairman, Exhibition Committee was also requested by the President to let the Council Members know about the progress so far made. Shri Saha informed that approximately 900 sq. mt. spaces have been booked so far and some negotiations were going on. Shri Saha also proposed to have one Buyers / Salers meet at an early date. In this connection, a committee comprising of Shri J P Goenka, Shri V K Arora and Shri J P Dasgupta has been constituted who will arrange to make all the arrangements of Buyers/ Salers meet. 3.0 To consider and approve the recommendations of Judging Committee for various awards and medals. The recommendations of Judging Committee for the year 2008-09 were accepted by the Council. However, Shri R P Ritolia, Past President, proposed to constitute a Search Committee for some prestigious Awards to find out suitable personnel to keep the image of the Institute. He also suggested to form a Committee for overviewing the existing Systems & Procedures and suggest for development.
The following members were considered : Shri N C Jha Chairman Prof. Ajoy Kr. Ghose Past President Shri R P Ritolia Past President & Convenor Shri V K Arora Member Shri J P Goenka Member Dr. A K Moitra Member Prof. (Dr.) Subir Kr. Mukhopadhyaya Member The Council is pleased to Award the Branch Activity Award to Ranchi Branch according to the activities done by the Branch during the year 2008-09. During the year 2008-09, both the Kolkata and Ranchi Branches have enrolled same number of new members. So, the Council is pleased to award the Membership Growth Award to both Kolkata and Ranchi Branches for enrolling highest new members during the year 2008-09. 4.0 To consider and approve the audited accounts for the financial year ended on 31st March 2009 As the audited accounts were not ready, it was decided to hold a Special Council Meeting on 5th September 2009 at 4.00 p.m. with the audited accounts for consideration. 5.0 To appoint the Institute's Auditor for the financial year ending on 31st March 2010 Messrs B K Sen & Co., Chartered Accountant was re-appointed as the Auditor of the Institution for the year 2009-10 at a remuneration of Rs. 3500/only. 6.0 To consider applications for Membership and membership position of the Institute. The Council approved 17 applications for membership out of which 15 were
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for Life Members and 02 Members. 7.0 To elect the President of the Institute for the year 2009 2010 The name of Shri N C Jha, Director (Technical), CIL and present President was proposed by Shri R K Saha, Vice President and was re - elected unanimously as President of the Institute for 2009-10. 8.0 To elect the Honorary Secretary of the Institute for the year 2009 2011 The name of Dr. Debasish Sarkar, General Manager, NEC, CIL was proposed by Shri R P Ritolia, Past President and was elected unanimously as Honorary Secretary of the Institute for 2009-2011. The Council expressed their sincere thanks to Prof. S C Ray, Hony. Secretary and appreciated for his sincere works and contribution to the Institute during his tenure as Honorary Secretary. 9.0 i) Any other business with the permission of the chair. Consultancy Prof. S P Banerjee informed that a draft Policy was circulated to all the Council Members for their suggestion. He said that some suggestions have been received and some more may come. The Committee will meet soon with the Draft Policy alongwith the suggestions received for finalisation. ii) President's Golf Tournament It was decided that the President's Golf Tournament will be organized either on 12th December, 2009 at Sambalpur or on 21st January 2010 at Kolkata. iii) Photo Identity card for Life Members Prof. (Dr.) Subir Kr. Mukhopadhyay
proposed that a photo identity card for life members of MGMI may be introduced. It was decided that MGMI will introduce the photo identity card for life members at a cost. The fee for the same will be finalized soon. The meeting ended with vote of thanks to the chair at 1800 hrs. SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING The Special meeting of the Council of the Institute held at MGMI Building, GN-38/4, Sector V, Salt Lake, Kolkata 700 091 on Saturday, the 5th September 2009 at 4.00 p.m. with Shri N C Jha, President in the Chair. The meeting was attended by Shri L. K. Bose, Shri Bhaskar Chakraborti, Shri J. P. Dasgupta, Dr. Amalendu Sinha and Prof. S. C. Ray. The President extended welcome to all members of the Council and thereafter took up the agenda. The copy of the Report of Council and Audited Balance Sheet with Income & Expenditure Accounts for the financial year 2008-09 were distributed to the members present in the meeting. President requested the members present to go through the Audited Balance Sheet with Income and Expenditure Accounts for the year 2008-09 and Auditors' Report to the Members. The Members considered the Auditors' Report and agreed that in future we should try to implement the suggestions given by the Auditor. There was lengthy discussion on the Balance Sheet as on 31st March 2009. The Members considered and recommended the same to the General Body for adoption. The meeting was ended with Vote of thanks to the Chair at 1800 hrs. ?
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News About Members

Dr. Kaushik Dey, MMGI is now Assistant Professor, Department of Mining Engineering Indian School of Mines University Dhanbad 826 004 Shri S.V. Ram Mohanm MMGI is now Dy. CME/SAM, Chhattarpur Sub Area, Patherkhera Area, WCL, AT/PO Shbhapur Colony, Type IV, Qr. No. 20, Pathakhera 460 449, Dist. Betul, M.P. Shri Tushar Kant Mishra, MMGI is now Materials Management Division, Coal India Ltd., Coal Bhawan Annexe, 3rd Floor, 10, N.S. Road, Kolkata 700 001 Shri Deepak Pandey, MMGI is now Sub Area Manager, Bunglow D-1, Chankapur Officer's Colony, P.O. Silewara Colliery, WCL, Dist. Nagpur, M.S. Shri Sunit Kumar Banerjee, MMGI is now Manager(Projects), Gugro Geotech Pvt. Ltd. Plot No.51, Sector 6, Sanpada, Navi Mumbai 400 705 Prof. D.D. Mishra, MMGI is now at 4, Arya Bhumi, P.O. Potia, Bhubaneshwar 751 031 Orissa Shri B.P. Sinha, MMGI is now Controller of Mines, Indian Bureau of mines, 29, Industrial suburbs, II Stage, Tumkur Road, Gorguntapalayam, Yashwantpuram, Bangalore 560 022 Prof. Arvind Kumar Mishra, MMGI is now Associate Professor, Department of Mining Engineering Indian School of Mines university, Dhanbad 826 004, Jharkahand Shri A.K. Jain, MMGI is now Dy. HCG, C/o. Office of the CGM, NEC, CIL, P.O. Margherita, Dist. Tinsukia, Assam 786 181 Shri Pallab Kumar Banerjee, Life Member of MGMI is now at 1, Atlantic Place, Manukau City, Auckland 2105, New Zealand, Shri Satyesha Simha, MMGI is now Dy. GM(Sales), BEML Ltd. Marketing HQ. Unity Buildings, 5th Floor, JC Road, Bangalore 560 002 Shri Sunil Kumar Singh, MMGI is now Project Officer, Kuju-Pundi Project, P.O. Kuju Colliery, Dist. Ramgarh, Jharkhand 825 316?
In a day, when you don't come across any problem, you can be sure that you are travelling in a wrong path. - Swami Vevekananda.
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As Life Member: 1. Shri C. V. VENKATESWARLU, B.E (Electrical), M. Tech, (Mining Machinery), P.G. Dip.Dy. Chief Engineer (E&M), WCL, Flat No. F-2, Shakti Apartments Plot No. 19A, Hill Road, Gandhi Nagar, Nagpur 440010, 2. Shri Utpal Kumar Dey, B. Sc. Engg., M. Tech, Ph. D (Mining Engineering), Professor, B. I. T. Sindri, Head, Deptt. Of Mining Engineer,, P.O. Sindri Institute, Dist. Dhanbad, Jharkhand 828123 3. Shri Girijesh Kumar, B. Sc. Geology, M. Sc. Geology, Ph. D. Geology, Professor, B. I. T. Sindri, Head, Department of Geology, P.O. Sindri Institute, Dist. Dhanbad, Jharkhand 828123 4. Shri Pramod Kumar Singh, M. Sc. Geology, Ph. D. Geology, Lecturer, BIT Sindri, Department of Geology, B. I. T. Sindri, Dhanbad, Jharkhand 5. Shri Baidya Nath Roy, B. Sc. Engg., M. Sc. Engg., (Metallurgical), Lecturer, BIT Sindri, Metallurgical Engineering Deptt., P.O. Sindri Institute, Dist. Dhanbad, Jharkhand 828123 6. Shri Abhai Pratap Singh, B. Sc.(Mining), Chief General Manager (Production) D-2/F-2, Govinda Gourkhede Compl Seminary Hills, Nagpur 440006 7. Shri Ranendra Chouksey, B. E. (Mining), Superintendent of Mines, WCL, C-43, Coal Estate, Civil Lines, Nagpur 440001. 8. Shri Om Prakash Verma, B. Sc., Superintendent (Survey), 4, M. B. Town, Bandhunagar, Jhingabai Takli, Koradi Road, Nagpur 440030 9. Shri Mahendra Kumar Gupta, Dip. in Mech. Engg., AMIE, Dy. Chief Engineer (Excv.), WCL, A-206, Triveni Apartments, KT Nagar, Katol Road, Nagpur 440013. 10. Shri Akhilesh Pandey, Diploma (Mining), Chief Mining Engineer (Prod.) WCL CME (O/C), 5th floor, Coal Estate, Civil Lines, Nagpur -440001 11. Shri Kaushal Kishore Sharan, B. Sc (Hons.) , Mining Engineer, Director Technical (Retd.), WCL, 301A, Sri Manohar Apartment, Clark Town, Nagpur 440004 12. Shri Mahendra Kumar Gupta, Dip. in Mech. Engg., AMIE, Dy. Chief Engineer (Excv.), WCL, A-206, Triveni Apartments, KT Nagar, Katol Road, Nagpur 440013. 13. Shri Ashok Kumar Singh, B. Sc. (Part I), Superintendent (Survey), WCL, Duplex No. 54, M. B. Town, Koradi Road, Zinga Bai Takli, Nagpur 440030 14. Shri Amitabh Singh, Engg. & Management, Dy. CME, WCL,Qr. No. D/5, Rescue Station Colony, Indora Complex, WCL, Near Power Grid, P.O. Uppalwadi, Nagpur 440026 (MS) 15. Shri Basant Agnihotri, B. E. (Mech.), S.E. (Excavation), WCL, B- 202, Radha Palace, Dhantoli Abyankar Road, Nagpur 440012 (MS) 16. Shri Sushanta Banerjee, L. Mining Engg.MBA, Chief Mining Engineer, WCL Production Department, WCL (Hq), Coal Estate, Civil Lines, Nagpur 440001 17. Shri Achuth Vinay Anand, Diploma in Mining & Mine Surveying, Partner / Director Technical, Explotechnique,
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164/3, 1st Floor, 'Shanthala Plaza', 14th Cross, 8th Main, Malleshwaram, Bangalore 560003 18. Shri Ranjan Kumar Sinha, B. Tech (H) Mining, Controller of Mines, Indian Bureau of Mines CPWD Qr. No. 33, Type V, Seminary Hills, Nagpur 440006 19. Shri Ranjan Sahai, B. Tech (H) Mining, , Chief Controller of Mines, Indian Bureau of Mines, Type V, Flat 6, CPWD Colony, Seminary Hills, Nagpur 440006 20. Shri Tirth Nath Jha, B. Tech (Mining), PGDISM, M. Tech. (Ind. & Engg. Mgmt) General Manager, WCL, WCL Kanhan Area , P.O. Dungaria- 480553, Dist. Chhindwara (MP) 21. Shri GEDI Vijaybhaskar Reddy, Dip in Mining, Superintendent of Mines, WCL 48, Swamy Colony, Phase 8, Near Aakar Nagar, P.O. Gittikadan, Nagpur 13 22. Shri V. K. Gupta, B. Tech (Mining), Chief Mining Engineer, WCL, D-1/7, Koyla Vihar, Coal Estate, Civil Lines, Nagpur (MS)-440001 23. Shri Anjan Chatterjee, B. Sc. (Engineering), MBA, Superintending Engineer (Env.), WCL, Environment Deptt., 9th Floor, 'Coal Estate' Civil Lines,Nagpur 440001 MS 24. Shri Ajay Kumar Pandey, B. Tech (Mining), Dy. General Manager (Mining), Pandey Muhalla' A.S.Girls School Road, Hirapur, P.O. & Dist. Dhanbad -826001 25. Shri Kinnera Raja Sekhar, BE(Mining),MBA(Marketing), Superintendent of Mines, WCL, Flat No. 203, Udhav Appartment , Opp. Powergrid Angulimal Nagar,P.O. Uppalwadi, Nagpur 400 026 (MS)
26. Shri Sudhakar Rao Sreeram, Degree in Mining, FCC, Superintendent of Mines, WCL, C-11, Walni colony, Th. Saoner, Dist. Nagpur 441 504 27. Shri Haridas Krishna Ghanvat, M.Sc.(Env.), Superintending Engg(Env.) WCL, 71/72, Ujwal Nilayam B-302, Khamla Road, Malviya Nagar, Khamla, Nagpur 440 025, MS 28. Shri Balakishan Chandora, BE(Mining), Chief Mining Engineer, WCL, D-1/14, Koyla Vihar, Coal Estate, Civil Lines, Nagpur 442 001 29. Shri Asok Chandra Ray, BE(Civil) Grad I.E, PGDBM(Fin.), OSD(ENV.),WCL, F201, Ashirwad Apartment, Mankapur, Behind Safeway Motors, Lumbini Nagar, Nagpur 440 030 30. Shri Kaushik Chakraborty, B.Tech(Min.), M.Tech.(Mine Planning),Dy. Chief Mining Engineer, WCL, Flat 102, Nanik's Ashtavinayak 'Prerna', Opp. Power Grid Colony, Nari Ring Road, PO Uppalwadi, Nagpur 440 026 31. Shri K.S. Narayana, Dip in Mining Engineer, Chief Mining Engineer, WCL, D-2/10, Koyala Vihar, Coal Estate, Civil Lines, Nagpur 440 001 32. Shri Anupam Nandi, B.Tech(Min.), Dy. Controller of Mines & Officer in charge, Indian Bureau of Mines, 318/B, Road No. 3 Ashok Nagar, Ranchi 834 002, Jharkhand 33. Shri Debasis Biswas, BE(Mining), Chief Mining Engineer,WCL, Flat No. 607, Building A-1, Forest Deptt. Co-operative Housing Society, Seminary Hills, Nagpur 34. Shri Subhash Ramkrishna Bhandare, BE(Hons.)(Mining), Supdt. Of Mines, WCL, A-9/S-4, Govinda Gourkhede
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Complex, Seminary Hills, Hajaripahad Road, Nagpur 440 006 35. Shri Satish R. Gabale, BE(Mining), Supdt. of Mines, WCL, Flat No. B/101, Ganesh Gavri Apptt., Near Sawarkar Square, Nagpur -400 015 36. Shri Dipankar Mukherjee, BE(Mining), supdt. of Mines, WCL, Plot-28, Friends Colony, PO Katol Road, Nagpur 440 013 37. Shri Pradeep Deshmukh, BE(Mining), Supdt. of Mines, WCL, 16, Shamane Layout, Near Gajanan Temple, Trimurti Nagar, Nagpur 440 022 38. Shri Partha Pratim Adhikary, B.tech(Hons)(Mining Engg.), WCL,D-8, Indora Housing Complex, WCL Colony(Near Power Grid) Nagpur(MS) 39. Shri Somyajit Mukherjee, M.Tech(Appl. Geol.) Ph.D.(Geol), Sr. Lecturer, IIT Bombay, Deptt. Earth Sciences, IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400 076, MS As Member : 1. Shri Satyendra Parasanath Pandey, Dip. in Mining, IInd class Certi., FCC, Dy. Chief Mining Engineer, WCL D/19, WCL Rescue Colony, Kalpana Nagar, P.O. Uppalwadi, Nagpur 440026 2. Shri Prashant Kumar Singh, B. E. Mining, Superintendent of Mines, WCL, 36, M. B. Town, P.O. Zingabai Takli Koradi Road, Nagpur 440030 3. Shri Vivek Kumar Sharma, M. Tech (Applied Geology), Dy. Manager (Geology), Investigation Divn. NMDC Ltd.,4th floor, Khanij Bhawan, 10-3-311/A, Masab Tank, Castle Hill, Hyderabad. 4. Shri Subrata Chatterjee, B. E. (Mech.), MBA, Business Development Manager 4, Dr. Satyananda Roy Road, Kolkata 700029
5. Md. Nasim Ansari, M. Tech (Applied Geology), Dy. Manager (Geology), Laxmivasi Tower, Flat No. 205 Attapur, Tejaswari Nagar,Hyderbad 6. Shri Rajesh Kumar Sharma, M. Sc (Earth Science), B. Sc. (Geology), Asstt. Manager (Geology), Investigation Divn. NMDC Ltd., 10-3-311/A, Khanij Bhawan, Masab Tank, Castle Hill, Hyderabad - 500 028 7. Dr. Nilay Sharma, Ph. D, Asstt. Manager (Geology), Investigation Divn. NMDC Ltd., 10-3-311/A, Khanij Bhawan, Masab Tank, Castle Hill, Hyderabad - 500 028 8. Shri Amit Kumar Saw, M. Sc, Asstt. Manager (Geology), Investigation Divn. NMDC Ltd., 10-3-311/A, Khanij Bhawan, Masab Tank, Hyderabad - 500 173(AP) 9. Shri Sanjay Kumar Choudhary, M. Sc., (Geology), Asstt. Manager (Geology), Investigation Divn. NMDC Ltd., 10-3311/A, Khanij Bhawan, Masab Tank, Castle Hill, Hyderabad - 500 028 10. Shri Chandra Bhushan Verma, M. Tech (Applied Geology), Asstt. Manager (Geology), Investigation Divn. NMDC Ltd.,4th floor,10-3-31 Khanij Bhawan, Masab Tank, Hyderabad - 500 173 11. Shri Buddha Priya Mahudwale, B. E. (Mining) PG Dip, 1st Class Certificate holder, Manager (Mining), Resource Planning deptt. 4th Floor, NMDC Ltd., Khanij Bhavan, Masab Tank, 10-3-311/A, Hyderbad 500173 12. Shri Basant Rath, M. Sc (Geology), Asstt. Manager (Geology), NMDC, R & D Centre, Habsiguda, Uppal Road, Hyderabad 13. Shri Jaykumar Jagdish Singh, Dip. Mining Graduate DMM, Asstt. Survey Officer, WCL, Production Department, WCL (Hq), Coal Estate, Civil Lines, Nagpur 440001
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14. Shri Parag Madhukarrao Tadlimbekar, B.Sc, M.Sc (Geo) B. Ed., Sr. Technical Assistant (Geology), Indian Bureau of Mines, Technical Secretary Section, IBM, Indira Bhawan, 2nd floor, D-Block, Civil Lines, Nagpur 440102, MS 15. Shri N.K. Dhawan, B.Sc(H)(Mining Engg.), General Manager, NMDC Ltd., 10-3-311/A, Khanij Bhawan, Masab Tank, Hyderabad 500 173
16. Dr. D.N. Subramanyam, M.Sc.Ph.D., Asstt. Manager(Geo.) NMDC Ltd., 10-3311/A, Khanij Bhawan, Masab Tank, Hyderabad 500 173 As Donor Member : 1. Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research, Barwa Road, Dhanbad 826015 Jharkhand? ?
HEALTH TITBIT Going on fruits as snacks ! Fruits have skins and are actually like natures ready-packed snacks. The juice and the flavour is all held in tightly until you are ready and with most fruits after washing even the skin can be eaten! A red apple has different health giving qualities from a green apple too. There are many salad combinations which are worth trying. Iceberg lettuce and a tomato is better than nothing, but try to use the deeper green or red lettuce, darkgreen water-cress, two or three grated brussel sprouts, or some finely cut spring cabbage. Dark-green leaves should form the basis, then build with a selection of other colours, carrots, peppers, radishes and others. It can be differently beautiful every time, but big!
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1. Arrow works with ONGC on CBM. continuous mining equipment and operation and maintenance of the same on risk/gain basis. The tenders for more continuous miners and long-wall mining equipments worth Rs. 350 crore approximately will be invited soon. (Source: Infrastructure Today July 2009) 4. India's first coal gasification project to take off Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) is getting ready to start the gas production at India's first Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) project on pilot basis. This project is to be carried out at Vastan lignite block near Surat in Gujarat. It is estimated that the field will produce about 5.5 lakh cu m of synthetic gas per day by 2010 end. After this project is successful, ONGC aims to begin with the commercial production by producing about 2 billion cu m of the synthetic gas per annum from this field by 2013-14. This will require an investment of about Rs.1,000-2,000 crore and the field has enough reserves to last for about 30-40 years. Along with the Vastan block, ONGC is also plans to set up a UCG project at Bhavnagar in Gujarat and Rajasthan. (Source: Infrastructure Today: Sept'09) 5. Bhutan Minerals Exploration
Arrow Energy has signed an agreement with Indian Govt.-owned ONGC Limited to cooperate in Coal Bed Methane (CBM) exploration and development.. The focus of the memorandum of Understanding is potential cooperation on existing ONGC blocks from previous CBM licence rounds in India together with possible cooperation in certain Australian acreage. The companies are now formulating specific commercial agreement on defined CBM assets. (Source: Asia Miner) 2. Thriveni ventures overseas for coal
After years of involvement with the Indian mining industry Thriveni Earthmovers expects to begin exporting coal this year from its coal project at Jumbi in Indonesia. The company obtained the Jumbi project in 2008 as its first overseas coal venture and has been ramping up towards commercial production this year. The primary aim of the project is to be reliable source of coal to overseas companies who rely on coal as the critical material for their operations. Thriveni provides low cost, turnkey mining solution that facilitates development on a major scale. (Source: Asia Miner) 3. ECL to raise underground coal production output to 12 mt. Eastern Coalfields Ltd proposes to enhance its underground coal production from 8.5 million tonne (mt) to 12 mt in the next two years through infusion of mass production technologies. Accordingly, the company recently awarded two contracts worth Rs. 100 crore to Joy Engineering of UK for supply of
August, 2009 - Oil in the Bangtar area under Samdrupjongkhar dzongkhag, copper, gold and silver in the black mountain area of central Bhutan and tungsten in Sarpang are the potential minerals an American businessman J Matthew Fifield has offered to prospect for and, if found viable, then extract them. He has also proposed that he be given mineral exploration rights for the whole of Bhutan, after which he would get a group of American investors to invest in Bhutan's mining sector in
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a big way. J Matthew Fifield is a managing director in an international mining company Clien and also sits on the boards of other international energy companies. The department of geology and mines (DGM) under the ministry of economic affairs and Druk holdings investment (DHI) have so far expressed interest in the proposal and are in the process of studying it. J Matthew Fifield approached us through DHI around five months ago, saying that he was interested in the mineral exploration and extraction and so we provided him with all past mineral exploration reports and geological data on Bhutan, said DGM's chief geologist and acting director general. (Source: geology.com) 6. India - Vedanta Acquires Goa Assets
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SESA GOA Limited, a majority-owned subsidiary of Vedanta Resources, has purchased the Goa iron ore assets of the Dempo Group for Rs 1750 crores (US$368 million). The assets include mining leases, rights and related infrastructure in Goa. Funding the transaction out of its existing cash resources, Sesa acquired VS Dempo and Co which holds 100% of Dempo Mining Corporation and 50% of Goa Maritime. VS Dempo owns or has the rights to mineable reserves and resources estimated at 70 million tonnes of iron ore in Goa. Its Goa mining assets also includes processing plants, barges, jetties, trans-shippers and loading capacities at Mormugoa port. It produced 3.94 million tonnes of iron ore and sold 4.36 million tonnes in the year ended March 31, 2009, and is one of the largest exporters of iron ore from Goa. Vedanta's chairman Anil Agarwal says, We are highly delighted with this opportunity to consolidate our iron ore business. The integration of Sesa and VS Dempo's operations will achieve great synergy. (Source: Asia Miner, Aug.09)
Coal-fired power plants emit trace amounts of mercury. Some of this airborne mercury ends up in lakes and rivers and accumulates there long term. Fish at the top of the food chain can accumulate damaging amounts of mercury because they eat smaller fish, who have eaten smaller fish and the amount of mercury in their bodies can build up to toxic levels over time. Mercury also makes its way into every aquatic ecosystem through the hydrologic cycle. USGS published a study that examined mercury in top-predator fish, bed sediment, and water from streams across the United States. There were many mercury mines in Oregon in the early 1900s. The miners dug up the ore, heated it and then cooled the vapors to condense the liquid mercury. Now, a century later some sites in the Ochoco National Forest and on private lands remain contaminated from these activities. (Source: geology.com) 8. Northern India's Water Supply: Depletion by Human Activity A satellite monitoring detecting areas of ground water depletion observed that much of northern India is dependent upon a reliable supply of groundwater for public use and irrigation. In this study, groundwater levels were monitored by processing gravity data collected by a NASA satellite over a six-year period. Maps of the data revealed significant groundwater level declines in the northern Indian states of Rajasthan, Punjab and Haryana. In these areas rapid population growth, economic development and groundwater-based irrigation are placing increasing demands on water supplies. The accelerating rate of water use is unsustainable and could lead to a collapse in the agricultural system. (Source: Publication from an August 2009 press release by NASA. geology.com)
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9. Muscular swimmer was one of last dinosaurs Recently discovered duck-billed hadrosaur thrived on many continents. One of the last non-avian dinosaurs on Earth was a muscular, swimming duck-billed species that paleontologists recently discovered in Spain, according to a new study that has been accepted for publication in the journal Comptes Rendus Palevol. Co-author Jose Ignacio Canudo told Discovery News that the hadrosaur, Arenysaurus ardevoli, meaning "sand dinosaur," lived just "a few thousand years before the K/T boundary." This was the event 65.5 million years ago that wiped out all of the world's dinosaurs, save for a group of carnivorous dinosaurs that evolved into birds. (Source: geology.com News) 10. Coal mine owners need 26% in venture
June 27, 2009: Steel, cement or power companies that sit on captive coal mines will have to own a minimum 26 percent equity in their mining ventures, according to the new guidelines approved by the government for mining of coal from captive blocks. The government currently allows 100 percent foreign direct investment (FDI) in exploration or mining of coal and lignite for captive consumption of iron, steel and cement producers. While this policy would remain unchanged, the captive block owners will have to maintain beneficial ownership in their mining operations. According to the proposed changes, the approved end user company (engaged in making cement, steel or power) will have to maintain at least a 26 percent equity ownership in an associated coal company subsidiary) formed for supplying coal on an exclusive basis to it. The captive coal block owner will have to maintain 51 percent equity in the subsidiary coal company in case the mining company does not have an exclusive coal supply arrangement with the
parent. In case a coal block is jointly owned, equity participation in the joint venture company shall be made directly by owners and not through their subsidiary. The proposed regulations have specified that in case the company to whom the captive block has been awarded is also a holding company, it would have to maintain at least 51 percent equity in its subsidiary company engaged in approved end uses (making cement, steel or power). It would, however, need to have just 26 percent equity in the second subsidiary company engaged in coal mining provided the entire output is supplied exclusively to the holding company. Independent coal and lignite mining companies could also be allocated captive blocks on the condition that they enter into firm supply contracts for coal at the application stage itself, according to the proposed guidelines. Such companies would not be allowed to enter into fresh agreements with new end-use companies subsequent to award of the coal block. (Source: The Economic Times) 11. Private investment in coal sector
June 17, 2009: The coal sector is set to open to private investment. "We are not averse to open commercial coal mining to private sector players. However, a decision will be taken after building consensus over the reform proposal," said minister of state for coal (independent charge) Sriprakash Jaiswal. At present, the government has monopoly over coal mining through state-run companies such as Coal India Ltd. (Source: The Economic Times) 12. India Seeks to Invest in Australian Coal SYDNEY -- India's coal minister and the chairman of the country's biggest coal miner said Thursday that India is considering
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securing coal properties in Australia to plug projected gaps in the nation's supply of coal. The comments indicate that the current wave of foreign investment in Australia's natural resources won't be limited to China. "Australia is known to be a country with high quality thermal coal and metallurgical coal properties," India Minister of State for Coal Sriprakash Jaiswal told reporters. India considers Australia as an important destination to look for coal properties, he said. As one of the world's fastest growing economies, India currently has to import coal because it doesn't produce enough to meet increasing demand. Australia's massive coal resource has become the subject of a flurry of international deal activity, with China's Yanzhou Coal Mining Co. Ltd. having already
launched a A$3.54 billion takeover offer for Australian coal miner Felix Resources Ltd. "Taking equity stakes in existing companies and in return having a coal supply agreement for a certain quantity of coal could be one format," Mr. Bhattacharya said. "The other format could be joining in mining, so the expansion programs of the existing companies, or taking absolutely greenfield properties and going ahead on doing mining." Mr. Bhattacharya said the company, which is also investigating investment opportunities in the U.S, Indonesia and South Africa, could easily pay $1 billion to $1.5 billion on investments, and would consider spending more. (Source:Wall Street Journal:September 03,2009)?
HEALTH TITBIT Hot tea, hot coffee increases risk of cancer Tea has been touted for its potential health benefits for millennia, but new research shows if you drink it too hot, you may end up increasing your risk for esophageal cancer. A new study, published in the British Medical Journal, has revealed that drinking steaming hot tea is actually linked with an eight-fold increased risk of cancer of the food tube or the oesophagus. According to lead researcher Reza Malekzadeh of the Tehran University of Medical Sciences in Iran, Informing the population about the hazards of drinking hot tea may be helpful in reducing the incidence of oesophageal cancer... To be specific, people who drank their tea less than two minutes after it was it four or more minutes after pouring.
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Upcoming Events
NOVEMBER 2009 10-13, NINTH INTERNATIONAL MINE VENTILATION CONGRESS at New Delhi, India, Hotel Crown Plaza, Contact : Department of Mining Engineering Indian School of Mines University, Dhanbad 826 004, Prof. D C Panigrahi, Convenor & head . Deptt. email- [email protected] , www.9thimvc.org 15 t h November, Sunday International Symposium ; Emerging Challenges for Metals and Materials :Engineering & Technology and Metals Minerals Manufacturing Exp 2009. Organized by Indian Institute of Metals in association with TMS & ASM International, USA. Contact : TAFCON, C-60 Nizamuddin East, New Delhi 110 013, India. Ph- 91 11 46198000 / 24352141. Email [email protected] www.metals2009.in, Pankaj 09810038063 16-19 November, 2009 MPES 2009 18th International Symposium on Mine Planning & Equipment Selections at Banff Alberta, Canada, For further details Contact : Dr. Raj K Singhal, P.O. Box 68002, Crow Foot Postal Outlet, 28 Crowfoot Terrdce NW, Calgery, Alberta, T3G 1YO, Canada, Fax 403-241 9460, email singhal @shaw.ca, website : http/www.mpes-cami-swemp.com 10 - 13 November 2009, the 34th Indonesian Geophysicist Conferences at Jogjakarta, Indonesia. Conferences on Earth Sciences held by Indonesian Geophysicist Association 2009. Organized by: Indonesian Geophysicists A s s o c i a t i o n ( H A G I ) Deadline for abstracts/proposals: 15 July 2009 Website: http://pit34hagi.web.id Contact name: Wiwit Suryanto. Check the event website for latest details. 17 - 18 November 2009, Mining the Isa: Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia. Mining the Isa 2009 will not only features presentations from all the key established mining companies in the Mount Isa region, but also unique sessions dealing with the other essential aspects essential for successful operation in the area .Organized by: IIR Conferences. Deadline for abstracts/proposals: Not available. Website: <http://www.iir.com.au/isa> Contact name: James Stackhouse. Check the event website for latest details DECEMBER 2009 4-6, Twenty-first National Convention of Mining Engineers on ' Technological Advancement in Mining Industry' Udaipur. Contact : The Honorary Secretary, IEI, Udaipur Local Centre, 128 Hiran Magri, Sector 11, Opp Central Excise, Udaipur 313002. Ph: 0294-2583702, e-mail [email protected], Web : www.ieiudr.org 10-13, 2009 Twenty fourth Indian Engineering Congress at Mangalore, Theme: National Growth and Security Technological Challenges, organised by The Institute of Engineers (India), Mangalore Local Center, Contact: The organizing Secretary, 24th Indian Engineering Congress, The Institute of Engineers (India), Mangalore Center, NITK, Surathkal, Mangalore 575 025, Karnatak, Ph. (0824) 247400, Extn 3759 (O), e-mail: <[email protected]>, <[email protected].>
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26-27, All India Seminar on Satellite Communication and Remote Sensing Technologies for Social Development at Jaipur. Contact : The Honorary Secretary, IEI, Rajasthan State Centre, Gandhi Nagar, Tonk road, Jaipur 302 015, Ph (0141) 2706327/2700413, e-mail [email protected], www.ieirsc.org JANUARY 2010 11 - 13 January 2010, CERIE2010, Sylhet, Bangladesh. Organized by: Shahjalal University of Science & Technology. Deadline for bstracts/proposals: 15 September 2009. W e b s i t e : <http://www.sust.edu/~cerie2010/> Contact name: Dr. Mohammad Iqbal. Check the event website for latest details FEBRUARY 2010 4-7, 6th International Dyke Conference, Contact : Prof. Rajesh K Srivastava, Deptt. of Geology, BHU, IT, Varanasi 221 005 4 - 5 February 2010 Conference on Processing of Industrial Minerals 2010, at Istanbul, Turkey, Website: http://www.minng.com/pim10/index.html. Contact name: Dr Barry Wills.Although there are many
operations worldwide, treating a wide range of industrial minerals, processing problems are often similar. The aim of this conference is therefore to bring together operators and scientists below one roof. Organized by: MEI. MARCH 2010 March 9, 2010, 8th Annual Investing in African Mining Seminar in Toronto . In addition to our seminar we offer mining companies, service providers and governments shared booth space at the PDAC trade show and participation in the CanadaSouth Africa Chamber of Business 11th Annual Mining Breakfast Download the Toronto 2010 Participation Packages Brochure for details. AUGUST 2012 2 - 10 August 2012, 34th International Geological Congress. at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Website: http://www.34igc.org Contact name: Liz Cuffe. Under the theme Unearthing our Past and Future the IGC will showcase the Oceania region's geoscience strengths, innovations and natural wonders, through an exciting range of pre and post Congress field trips. Organized by: Australian Geoscience Council.?
1. Three sentences for getting success a. Know more than others b. Work more than others c. Expect less than others. - William Shakespeare
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POSSIBLE MARKETS FOR INDIAN ORES. Japan is the most obvious market for Indias high-grade hematites, but if this outlet is to be developed India will require some freight advantage in order to compete with the ore from Johore, which is almost as good as the best-grade Indian ore. It is conveniently situated for export and is considerably nearer to Japan than is India. The Borneo and Philippine ores are also favourably situated for the Japanese market, but they would require nodulising before export, and even then would be of lower iron content than Indian ores and also more aluminous. As regards exporting ore from India to Europe, if high-class coking coals are later on imported from the United Kingdom to assist in smelting Indias ore, the return freight might well be partly made up of Indian iron-ore, but it is more likely to be Indian pig-iron (which is probably the cheapest pig in the world), or Indian steel. In a recent personal communication, Mr. C. P. Perin wrote : From my general knowledge of the worlds iron-ore resources, I feel very strongly that in years to come the exports of steel from India will be as important as he present exports of jute. It seems to me doubtful if we shall import much high-grade coal or coke from Europe for use in smelting iron-ore for a very long time to come. The Indian ores are very high in iron, and often contain about as much alumina as silica. The high ash of the Indian coke provides a good deal of the slag of the blast-furnace, and tends to raise the silica/alumina ratio of the slag. If the slag volume were to be reduced
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much below the present practice, by the introduction of low-ash coke which might not improveor might even worsenthe silica/alumina ratio of the slag, it would not be possible to hold the sulphur in the slag. There would be no sense in cutting the ash of the coke down if we had to add silica-rock to the furnace charge in order to obtain a suitable slag volume and analysis. On that account, apart from the question of cost, it seems very doubtful if European high-grade coal or coke can be imported for use in Indian blastfurnaces in the near future. On reviewing the whole of the evidence, I find no grounds for believing that any large export trade in Indian iron-ore is likely to develop in he next decade or so. The two main possible marketsJapan and Western Europecan obtain sufficient supplies of high-grade ore for their needs from sources considerably nearer than India. To some this may seem a pessimistic conclusion; others may have a sentimental feeling that it is better to reserve Indias iron-ores for smelting in Indias own furnaces. I have tried to come to an unprejudiced conclusion, drawn from the available evidence. I feel that I have assembled rather a mountain of facts and statistics for the production of a lamentably small mouse of a conclusion. It would have been much more spectacular if I could have prophesied argosies carrying Indias ore to European or Japanese ports within five or six years time, but this seems to me not possible. Twenty or thirty years hence there may be a different tale to tell, but by that time it is not likely that any-one will be turning back to old presidential addresses in order to find out what Mr. President said in 1934 .?
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NATIONAL WORKSHOP ON INDIAN MINING SECTORS : POLICIES AND CONSTRAINTS
M G M I as per the tradition organized a workshop preceding AGM of the Institute on 15th September 2009 at Park Hotel, Kolkata. The topic was quite contemporary entitled : Indian Mining Sectors : Policies and Constraints . Objective of this workshop was to bring together those who are instrumental in framing the policies and guidelines and those who follow these for exploration and exploitation of mineral including coal, oil and gas. It was also aimed to have interaction of learned delegates and invitees with the speakers so as to bring out highlights and lacuna of the policies and guidelines and to make them more industry friendly. The workshop was very well attended (about 100 delegates). Speakers were eminent personalities holding offices of distinction and directly concerned with the topic of the workshop. The workshop was inaugurated by Dr A K Sarkar, Director (Marketing) ,Coal India Ltd. The technical session was presided over by Sri R P Ritolia, Immediate Past President and former CMD- CCL . Altogether five papers were presented which are as follows : 1. National Mineral Policies and Role of G S I By Dr Balaram Chattopadhaya. D D G , G S I. Modern Coalmining Policies for enhanced proving of coal resources By Shri Ashok Kumar Singh, CMD , CMPDIL. Captive Coal Mining: Policies and Constraints: By Shri D N Prasad ,Director ( Tech ) ,Ministry of Coal , Government of India 4. National Mineral Policy 2008 and the Environmental Concerns for an Expanding Mining Sector : By Prof S P Banerjee , Former Director in - Charge, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad. Reclamation of Mined out areas In Opencast: success story in Mega Projects of South Eastern Coalfield Ltd : By Shri M P Dikshit, CMD ,SECL and Shri S C Shankar , SE, SECL
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The first paper dwelt upon various policies that the Government of India is going to adopt to gear up and making the mining sector dynamic. It was pointed out during discussion that there are many more things are desirable for quick disposal of PL, ML , availability of maps ,reports etc .All these matters are being seriously examined at Governmental Levels. The second paper described various methodologies and techniques to improve exploration approach for enhanced proving of coal resources .These methodologies have been spelt out by the Ministry of Coal in consultation with CMPDIL . Various investors who have been allotted blocks must follow these methodologies for authenticated and better results. The third paper outlined various guidelines for accomplishing the exploration of captive coal blocks for early exploitation of the resources. It is admitted that there are constraints which are likely to retard the progress that is desirable. The role of State and Central Government for clearing various applications need to be more realistic and less time consuming. Coal Evaluation, improved
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co-ordination with nodal officers of state level, land acquisition, environmental and forestry clearance etc are certain areas of concern. The fourth paper outlined various stipulations for environmental safeguard in the mining sectors by the Government based on recommendation of committees formed. The paper pointed out necessity of streamlining forestry clearance and highlighted much improved environment management practices in the mining sectors. Prof Banerjee also praised role of National Mineral Policy 2008 for its positive approach to boost mining sectors.
The fifth paper was on reclamation of mined out areas and described how best reclamation can be implemented with proper approach and plan .The speakers cited some examples of reclamation done successfully in the jurisdiction of SECL. Each presentation was followed by interaction with the delegates which made the workshop purposeful and interesting. A K Moitra (Convenor).?
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more than seven and half years are needed for the same in India, i.e., more than five times, but let us not forget that we have to face problems of a large population which is more than five times of that of Australia, but that just not justify us to spend more than three years to approve a project. MGMI should move the appropriate authorities to ensure early approval or rejection of any mineral based project and
if required we may offer our expertise for making early decision. Thanking you with warm regards, Yours very sincerely, Dr. Samir Dasgupta : Life Member No: 522-LM (1948-49) ( From the Editor : The members may like to respond to the point raised by Dr. Samir Dasgupta)
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Highlights of 52 Holland Memorial Lecture

The 52nd Holland Memorial Lecture was held on 15th September 2009 at the Park Hotel. The memorial lecture was given by Shri S. J. Sibal, Director General Mines Safety, Dhanbad. The subject of his lecture was on Challenges of Miens Safety a Perspective for Change Management. In introduction, he mentioned that safety at work is still a serious problem and we are still paying heavily for accidents both in terms of human suffering and economic waste. Hence, the endeavor to bring down the hazards by all available means to an acceptable level must continue to reduce the sufferings and agony of human beings. In the lecture, he also spoke on History of human civilization and mine safety the past; Absorption of safety laws into work practices: the Present; Growth of mining activities and technological advancements the Future; Opencast Coal Mining; UG Coal Mining; Mining Accidents; Reasons; why the implementation of the procedure is not sustained? He has also mentioned some probable answers may be these procedures are not adequate safe and built into the mechanism of mineral production. l Requirement of additional resources for compliance of safety laws; l Safety motivation; l Acceptance of non-compliance; etc. Why we loose sight of human face of accident? he added. He also put forwarded a question that the concept of self regulation is it the solution? He has given some of his thoughts, observations, suggestions etc and in conclusion, he said, making change has always been fascinating and exciting, though it is a tough and delicate activity for any organization. However, 'Managing Change' is now not a matter of choice, it becomes an essential activity, given the emerging future challenges in the mining sector. The Lecture was attended by a sizeable number of members and guests.?
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Peace be with you! By VIVIAN WILSON LOBO
WHAT lies before us and what lies behind us is nothing compared to what lies within us. Truly, these jolting words of Emerson gives us the flashback of what Socrates promulgated centuries ago, know thyself. The problem with us today is that we know very less of ourselves and thus we indulge in emulating and imitating others. If one is not clear as to what exactly one wants, he will start wanting what others want resulting in a rat race. And the repercussion of rat race is that even if you win the race, you still remain a rat. The multiplicity of platforms and the craze to be popular in next to no time is the trend, which is the portent of a weak future generation. This hurry burry will make the future dreams shattered, we will have no leaders to dream in the days to come, but there will remain a good chunk of puppets in few domineering hands. Too many people are dreaming of some magical rose garden on the horizon rather than enjoying the one growing in their backyards. Let's discover the untapped potential within us and stop following the crowd and give a second thought to our endeavours. Life doesn't always give us what we ask for but it always gives us what we need. Aldous Huxley always reminds me of the golden exhortation i.e. there is only one corner of the world you can be certain of improving and that is your own self. Yes, nothing can defeat us unless we defeat ourselves. Even Shakespeare in Julius Caesar points, The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings. Therefore our main task in life is to give birth to ourselves to become what we potentially are. Opportunities are everywhere waiting to be discovered we have to only seek it as the saying goes, a wise man makes more opportunities than he finds. The journey of a thousand miles begins with just one step and that step lies within us as we often quote success is a marathon not a sprint, never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat. Success cannot be granted: it must be earned and for earning it, we will have catwalks than cakewalks. Therefore what is required today is serenity and patience to rivet one's attention on success. Panic and anxiety will only bring failures along. Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another. Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm. Peace is the key with which we can focus, aim and win. As we sail through life, let us not avoid storms and rough waters, just let them pass, and sail on! Because a successful person is like being a goalkeeper, no matter how many goals you save, people will remember only the ones you missed. Act as if failure is impossible. Let's not be the slaves of our bitter past. Let's not be the slaves of our bitter past. Let's be the masters of our future. Carl Jung writes, Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your heart. (Reprint from a publication in 'Hitawada' dated June 10, 2009.)?
Believing everybody is dangerous; believing nobody is very dangerous. Abraham Lincoln

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VOL . 35, No.

2 JULY SEPTEMBER 2009

A QUARTERLY PUBLICATION OF THE MINING, GEOLOGICAL AND METALLURGICAL INSTITUTE OF INDIA

Shri S. J. Sibal, DGMS, delivering the 52nd Holland Memorial Lecture

Council Members of MGMI

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ATTENTION TO LIFE MEMBERS

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l The process of disposing of the cases for

environment and forestry clearance needs to be reformed.

sector is expanding without considering source of coal.

problem of getting environment and forest clearances.

laws on different accounts creating bumps on the growth path.

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Believing everybody is dangerous; believing nobody is very dangerous. Abraham Lincoln

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